Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Championship leader flounders as Max Verstappen lays down Mexican GP marker

Chris Deeley Saturday 25 October 2025 01:05 Updated: 01:20

Piastri watching Verstappen talk after the Singapore GP

Nine F1 drivers took to the track for the first time this weekend in Friday's second practice session, having been replaced by rookies for FP1 at the Mexican Grand Prix earlier in the day.

Max Verstappen set the best time of the session in his updated Red Bull, setting an early marker ahead of Saturday's qualifying session as he continues to hunt down the McLaren pair of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

While Norris put in a reasonable time to go fourth fastest, a sloppy qualifying simulation run from championship-leading Piastri was only enough for 12th on the timing boards as he fights desperately to keep his head above water in the title battle.

Charles Leclerc followed up his session-leading lap in FP1 with the second best time of the afternoon in FP2, sending something of a warning to the challengers that Sunday's race may not be all about them.

F1 FP2 Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.392s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.153s
3	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.174s
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.251s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.300s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.437s
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+0.491s
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.546s
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+0.547s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+0.562s
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+0.826s
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.840s
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+0.874s
14	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+0.889s
15	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+0.931s
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+0.956s
17	Ollie Bearman	Haas	+1.050s
18	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.329s
19	Alex Albon	Williams	+1.463s
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.802s

Who is the current F1 world champion?

Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, and won his fourth drivers' championship last year.

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Practice continues in Mexico with FP3 on Saturday, October 25 at 11:30am (local time) and 6:30pm (BST). To read the complete breakdown of practice times and how to watch in select locations click here.

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